16 Dead After Military Plane Crashes in Mississippi: Officials

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Sixteen people are dead in the crash of a Marine Corps airplane in Leflore County, Mississippi, according to Fred Randle, county emergency management director.

Randle said all 16 victims were on the plane and there were no survivors from the aircraft. The FBI is on the scene.

The Marine Corps announced the incident on its Twitter account but did not provide details.

Local media outlets at the crash site were expecting an update from officials late Monday night, but Randle said they had no additional information to offer, citing the ongoing investigation.

The aircraft was a KC-130, one of the most extensively used planes in the military.

The planes can be modified for various uses including carrying cargo, transporting troops or carrying out inflight refueling.

Secretary of the Interior and Navy SEAL Ryan Zinke tweeted his condolences saying: “Please join me in praying for or sending good thoughts to the families and unit of the Marines we lost tonight in the C 130 crash.”